▲ 1257 ▼ Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 193 comments fedilink hide all child comments I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake. Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.
[+] Melco@lemmy.world 108 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) They used to have a motto like "Do no evil", which was kinda sus to begin with (they were a search engine in a time when many didn't even consider the evil possibilities of the internet). But if you start out with a motto like that, it's even more sus if you suddenly drop it, which they did. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mog77a@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) They didn't "drop it". It's still there. Scroll all the way to the bottom. They simply removed it from higher profile places and don't mention it until the very end. Sort of a jab at the old policy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ah, so it is. Still hard to tell if it's genuine or PR. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 8KfuATr3Y1@reddthat.com 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google does not have a trusted position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) They used to have a motto like "Do no evil", which was kinda sus to begin with (they were a search engine in a time when many didn't even consider the evil possibilities of the internet). But if you start out with a motto like that, it's even more sus if you suddenly drop it, which they did. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mog77a@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) They didn't "drop it". It's still there. Scroll all the way to the bottom. They simply removed it from higher profile places and don't mention it until the very end. Sort of a jab at the old policy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ah, so it is. Still hard to tell if it's genuine or PR. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mog77a@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) They didn't "drop it". It's still there. Scroll all the way to the bottom. They simply removed it from higher profile places and don't mention it until the very end. Sort of a jab at the old policy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ah, so it is. Still hard to tell if it's genuine or PR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ah, so it is. Still hard to tell if it's genuine or PR. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8KfuATr3Y1@reddthat.com 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google does not have a trusted position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent